Morrisons forced to pull plug on England World Cup songs after complaints from Tartan Army shoppers

SCOTS shoppers complained to supermarket staff after hearing English anthems belting out as they wandered the aisles.

MORRISONS have been forced to stop playing England World Cup songs at their Scottish stores after complaints from customers.

Shoppers north of the border were stunned to hear English anthems belting out of tannoys at the supermarkets in the run-up to the tournament.

Christopher Vale, 25, of Carfin, Lanarkshire, said: “I couldn’t believe it. I thought I’d taken a wrong turn and ended up in the middle of England. It’s just rubbing in the fact England are playing in Brazil and Scotland didn’t qualify.”

Songs included on the playlist included Three Lions by comedians Frank Skinner and David Baddiel and Vindaloo by comic and actor Keith Allen. New Order song World in Motion, which was the official England song for the 1990 World Cup, was also played.

Several Scots shoppers complained to staff about the tunes being played as they wandered the aisles.

Bradford-based Morrisons said some of the songs being used in their English stores were accidentally added to the playlist being used throughout the UK.

Hamish Husband, of the Association of Tartan Army Clubs, said: “Playing England’s songs in Morrisons is taking it a bit far.”

Morrisons said: “As soon as we noticed the error, the songs were removed from the Scottish stores.”